Children of IS USAGM
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- Children of IS USAGM
- May 16, 2022
- Content Type Package
- Language English
- Transcript/Script English USAGM SHARE ((PLAYBOOK SLUG: TV Children of IS - Omar HEADLINE: Teaching the Next Generation of IS Fighters in Syria TEASER: In Northeast Syria’s al-Hol camp, where there are about 20,000 children of nearly 50 nationalities, Islamic State women are routinely seen educating their children on jihadist ideology. PUBLISHED AT: 5/16/2022 at 11:30am BYLINE: Zana Omar CONTRIBUTOR: DATELINE: Al Hol, Northeast Syria VIDEOGRAPHER: Zana Omar VIDEO EDITOR: SCRIPT EDITORS: KE; MAS VIDEO SOURCE (S): VOA Original PLATFORMS (mark with X): WEB __ TV __ RADIO __ TRT: 3:16 VID APPROVED BY: KE TYPE: TVPKG EDITOR NOTES:)) Video Source: ((INTRO)) [[In Northeast Syria’s al-Hol Camp, where thousands of Islamic State family members are held, children may be vulnerable to extremist ideology which is being spread by radicalized women. For VOA, Zana Omar visited the camp and filed this report]] ((NARATOR)) This is the foreigners’ section of al-Hol camp where UN officials say there are about 9,000 Islamic State women and children from nearly 60 countries. Many women here openly educate their children in IS ideology. ((Courtesy: Al-Hol Camp)) ((NARATOR)) Camp officials shared this video which, they say, shows a boy leading a group of children in prayer. And they say, the boy calls himself Amir — a name that IS fighters use to identify their leaders. These women asked to speak with a VOA reporter. They explained that they dress their children in IS attire to prepare them for the terror group’s return. ((IS Woman at al-Hol Camp)) ((Female in Arabic)) “God willing, they will turn into jihadis. We believe that the Islamic State will return, and our children will become Jihadis.” ((NARATOR)) One boy at the camp told VOA’s reporter ‘you are an infidel.” ((IS Child at al-Hol Camp, paraphrased by reporter No chyron necessary )) He said: “We will kill you. By God, when the state comes back, we will kill you. You are not the Islamic State. You are infidels.” ((NARATOR)) This IS woman displayed a knife as a threat. Another woman, Um Abdulla, also said she wanted to speak to us. She is a Chinese citizen living with her two children at the camp. She praised IS fighters for their attempted prison break earlier this year in Hasaka city. The attempt to release about 3,500 IS fighters, including many leaders, resulted in deadly fighting that lasted for several days and left hundreds dead, including IS militants and Kurdish troops guarding the camp. ((Um Abdulla, Chinese IS woman)) (Female in Arabic)) “After the brothers attacked Sina’a prison, we rejoiced because we believe that the Islamic State will come back. We do not believe that our husbands will be in prison forever.” ((NARATOR)) Other civilians living in the camp say they often get attacked by IS families who see non-supporters as traitors. Camp officials say they were forced to open a separate section for those civilians after an increase in attacks and death threats from IS women. Um Ahmed is an Iraqi refugee who was transferred to a safer place after receiving death threats. She says the IS women feel more empowered because Islamic State cells are becoming more powerful and able to penetrate the camp. ((Um Ahmed, Iraqi Refugee in al-Hol Camp)) ((Female in Arabic)) “IS women tell children, ‘You have to avenge your fathers. You will grow up to become jihadis.’ This is what they teach them. IS cells have 90% control over this camp. They come with weapons and bombs.” ((NARATOR)) This video was recorded by the camp’s security camera on May 5, 2020 and shared with VOA. It shows an Islamic State black flag hoisted by unidentified people above one of the camp’s tents. ((for Zana Omer – Al Hol Camp Northeast Syria, This is RIkar Hussein VOA News))
- Transcript/Script USAGM SHARE ((PLAYBOOK SLUG: TV Children of IS - Omar HEADLINE: Teaching the Next Generation of IS Fighters in Syria TEASER: In Northeast Syria’s al-Hol camp, where there are about 20,000 children of nearly 50 nationalities, Islamic State women are routinely seen educating their children on jihadist ideology. PUBLISHED AT: 5/16/2022 at 11:30am BYLINE: Zana Omar CONTRIBUTOR: DATELINE: Al Hol, Northeast Syria VIDEOGRAPHER: Zana Omar VIDEO EDITOR: SCRIPT EDITORS: KE; MAS VIDEO SOURCE (S): VOA Original PLATFORMS (mark with X): WEB __ TV __ RADIO __ TRT: 3:16 VID APPROVED BY: KE TYPE: TVPKG EDITOR NOTES:)) Video Source: ((INTRO)) [[In Northeast Syria’s al-Hol Camp, where thousands of Islamic State family members are held, children may be vulnerable to extremist ideology which is being spread by radicalized women. For VOA, Zana Omar visited the camp and filed this report]] ((NARATOR)) This is the foreigners’ section of al-Hol camp where UN officials say there are about 9,000 Islamic State women and children from nearly 60 countries. Many women here openly educate their children in IS ideology. ((Courtesy: Al-Hol Camp)) ((NARATOR)) Camp officials shared this video which, they say, shows a boy leading a group of children in prayer. And they say, the boy calls himself Amir — a name that IS fighters use to identify their leaders. These women asked to speak with a VOA reporter. They explained that they dress their children in IS attire to prepare them for the terror group’s return. ((IS Woman at al-Hol Camp)) ((Female in Arabic)) “God willing, they will turn into jihadis. We believe that the Islamic State will return, and our children will become Jihadis.” ((NARATOR)) One boy at the camp told VOA’s reporter ‘you are an infidel.” ((IS Child at al-Hol Camp, paraphrased by reporter No chyron necessary )) He said: “We will kill you. By God, when the state comes back, we will kill you. You are not the Islamic State. You are infidels.” ((NARATOR)) This IS woman displayed a knife as a threat. Another woman, Um Abdulla, also said she wanted to speak to us. She is a Chinese citizen living with her two children at the camp. She praised IS fighters for their attempted prison break earlier this year in Hasaka city. The attempt to release about 3,500 IS fighters, including many leaders, resulted in deadly fighting that lasted for several days and left hundreds dead, including IS militants and Kurdish troops guarding the camp. ((Um Abdulla, Chinese IS woman)) (Female in Arabic)) “After the brothers attacked Sina’a prison, we rejoiced because we believe that the Islamic State will come back. We do not believe that our husbands will be in prison forever.” ((NARATOR)) Other civilians living in the camp say they often get attacked by IS families who see non-supporters as traitors. Camp officials say they were forced to open a separate section for those civilians after an increase in attacks and death threats from IS women. Um Ahmed is an Iraqi refugee who was transferred to a safer place after receiving death threats. She says the IS women feel more empowered because Islamic State cells are becoming more powerful and able to penetrate the camp. ((Um Ahmed, Iraqi Refugee in al-Hol Camp)) ((Female in Arabic)) “IS women tell children, ‘You have to avenge your fathers. You will grow up to become jihadis.’ This is what they teach them. IS cells have 90% control over this camp. They come with weapons and bombs.” ((NARATOR)) This video was recorded by the camp’s security camera on May 5, 2020 and shared with VOA. It shows an Islamic State black flag hoisted by unidentified people above one of the camp’s tents. ((for Zana Omer – Al Hol Camp Northeast Syria, This is RIkar Hussein VOA News))
- NewsML Media Topics Arts, Culture, Entertainment and Media
- Network VOA
- Embargo Date May 16, 2022 11:51 EDT
- Byline Zana Omar
- Brand / Language Service Voice of America